Title: Static (2nd Edition)
Author: L.A. Witt
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Rating: 4.5/5 Smooches
Blurb:
After two years together, Alex has
been dreading the inevitable moment when Damon learns the truth: that Alex is a
shifter, part of a small percentage of the population able to switch genders at
will. Thanks to a forced implant, though, Alex is suddenly static—unable to
shift—and male. Overnight, he’s out to a world that neither understands nor
tolerates shifters . . . and to his heterosexual boyfriend.
Damon is stunned to discover his
girlfriend is a shifter, and scared to death of the dangers the implant poses
to Alex’s health. He refuses to abandon Alex, but what about their
relationship? Damon is straight, and with the implant both costly and dangerous
to remove, Alex is stuck as a man.
Stripped of half his identity and
facing serious physical and social ramifications, Alex needs Damon more than
ever, but he doesn’t see how they can get through this.
Especially if he’s static forever.
Review:
I read this book when it first came
out with the original publisher. I loved it then. I still love it, now that it’s
gotten a new cover and been re-edited. This book touches on many of the issues
of transgender, and the prejudices that one must face, often by their own flesh
and blood.
Granted, Alex is a shifter, able to shift
into both male and female forms, and not a static transgender person. This both
comes with advantages and disadvantages. Alex lives, works, etc… as a female.
When Alex’s parents force him into an unauthorized surgery, Alex is suddenly male,
which is hard to explain to her job, and more importantly her boyfriend.
I think the biggest thing that I love
about this book is the message that love is love. Damien is in love with Alex,
and even though he was uncomfortable at first, he grew to accept Alex’s male
form, and love the male form because it was Alex. I think that is an incredibly
powerful message, that it is the person INSIDE the body that matters, not the
outside trappings.
To say I loved this book is putting it
mildly. It’s won as many awards as it has (or at least been a Finalist for
them) because it is an incredible book, written with a great amount of
compassion and forethought. I HIGHLY recommend picking this one up.
**I’d like to thank Riptide Publishing
and Netgalley for providing the digital copy of this book in return for an
honest review.**
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